On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Dean called in to the IoT voicemail hotline asking how to use Google Home for automatically turning on his Philips Hue and Wemo lights at sunset. Sunset and sunrise automations can be very useful, so I can … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for June 26, 2020
How IoT can contribute to sustainability goals: The Industrial IoT Consortium has taken a look at the ways connected devices can help reach the UN's sustainability goals, and I must confess, I wasn't prepared for this paper to be as good as it is. … [Read more...]
Podcast: Apple embraces IoT and SmartThings shakes things up
This week's show is a whopper, starting with the news from Apple's WorldWide Developers Conference. We talk about how Apple is playing the long game by integrating sensors and machine learning across devices to give contextual experiences, Apple's … [Read more...]
SmartThings will kill legacy features to make a smarter home
To hear more about this, check out my podcast with Mark Benson of SmartThings. Samsung SmartThings will undergo several big changes in the next year or so that will affect developers, smart device makers, and customers as it tries to move … [Read more...]
Deactivation and disconnections: How will an IoT product die?
I get an email from a ghost every month. My Lux thermostat, which I removed from my wall sometime in 2018 after deactivating the app, sends me an email with the subject, "Your Wireless Thermostat Is Offline." Technically, the thermostat isn't sending … [Read more...]
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